Ever considered reducing the amount of meat you eat, either for your own health or that of the planets? The figures are quite remarkable. From memory a chicken consumes 6 times more energy than it produces. For pork its more like 10 times and for beef its nearly 20 times. * If we all gave up meat there wouldn't be a world food shortage.
But then I'm not suggesting we give it up all together - I like a bit of animal protein occasionally as much as the next carnivore. Why not just cut down a little. Sally C has suggested we check out the Part-time Carnivore campaign website. It gives you all the facts you need and it gets you to pledge one of several options for reducing your meat intake. Go have a look and sign up.
*Approximate figures. I'm sure someone will correct me.
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Of course there's no argument that at present our society eats too much meat and dairy, but I think saying 'if we all gave up meat there would be no food shortage' simplifies things a bit in a Transition context.
Soya and other pulses form the backbone of the protein in most vegan diets, and sadly they have to be imported. Wouldn't cutting right down on meat and eating every scrap of it be better?
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